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House Bill 386 changes the state's minimum hours of massage therapy education for students who begin massage therapy programs on or after July 1, 2024. Senate Bill 277 amends the tiered licensing system in Delaware. Find out how each bill affects students and current certified massage technicians.
House Bill 5135 adds training requirements for applicants and licensed professionals in abnormal skin growth education. Find out when individuals must comply with this new law.
On August 2, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2660, amending massage therapy misconduct laws. The bill requires a massage therapist to practice only when a chaperone who is a licensed massage therapist or other health-care worker licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Department) is present if a massage therapist is charged with: An offense that may result in registering as a sex offender Sexual misconduct of a minor Battery or sexual misconduct
A recent study suggested that stimulating massage around knee joints may be a beneficial intervention method to improve proprioception in healthy older men, which could potentially reduce fall risk.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has proposed sweeping tax reforms for the state, and massage therapy is at risk of being unfairly taxed because of it. Massage therapists will be required to start remitting sales tax for the first time since 1986 if this tax reform plan is passed as written. Reach out to the governor and your state senators and request massage therapy to be removed from Governor Pillen's proposed list of tax exemption eliminations.
On July 10, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 4587, changing the state's minimum education hours required for an individual to obtain licensure as a massage and bodywork therapist. Find out the new requirements.
Your voice, experience, and industry knowledge are invaluable assets to your practice, and they may be complementary contributions to the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (Board). There are three vacancies on the Board for licensed massage and bodywork therapists. Apply today!
If you were due to renew your license in June, you must renew your license before July 31, 2024. There are also new license renewal requirements under the newly formed Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board; find out what you must submit with your renewal application.
North Carolina enacted Senate Bill 607, increasing the minimum training requirements for massage and bodywork licensure that an applicant must complete at a school approved by the North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy. Learn about the new state education requirement.
On July 1, the Board of Therapeutic Massage issued an emergency rule to raise the state's minimum massage education hours from 500 to 625. This change applies to all Missouri entry-level programs and apprenticeships/mentorships. The emergency rule is effective immediately and expires February 27, 2025.